What is CVE-2017-14527?

CVE-2017-14527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opentext Documentum Administrator, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-14527?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XXE in Opentext Documentum Administrator

CVE-2017-14527

Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the OpenText Documentum Webtop 6.8.0160.0073 allow remote authenticated users to list the contents of arbitrary directories, read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or, on Windows, obtain Documentum user hashes via a (1) crafted DTD, involving unspecified XML structures in a request to xda/com/documentum/ucf/server/transport/impl/GAIRConnector or crafted XML file in a MediaProfile file (2) import or (3) check in.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Opentext Documentum_administrator — versions 7.2.0180.0055
Opentext Documentum_webtop — versions 6.8.0160.0073
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14527?: CVE-2017-14527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opentext Documentum Administrator, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-14527?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.